Arabic edit

Root
ب ح ث (b-ḥ-ṯ)

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa) I, non-past يَبْحَثُ‎ (yabḥaṯu)

  1. to search [+ فِي (object)] or [+accusative]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:31:
      فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ
      fabaʕaṯa l-lahu ḡurāban yabḥaṯu fī l-ʔarḍi
      Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground...
  2. to look for, to search for, to seek (عَن (ʕan) something)
    أَبْحَثُ عَن جَوَاز سَفَرِي.
    ʔabḥaṯu ʕan jawāz safarī.
    I'm looking for my passport.
  3. to do research (فِي () into something)
    العُلَمَاءُ يُبْحَثُون عَنْ حُلُولٍ لِلْمُشْكِلَة.
    al-ʕulamāʔu yubḥaṯūn ʕan ḥulūlin lilmuškila.
    The scientists research solutions to the problem.
  4. to investigate, to examine, to study, to explore, to look into
  5. to discuss
    الْعَبَادِي يَبْحَثُ "الْحَرْبَ عَلَى الْإِرْهَابِ" مَعَ مَلِكِ الْأُرْدُنِّ.
    al-ʕabādī yabḥaṯu "al-ḥarba ʕalā l-ʔirhābi" maʕa maliki l-ʔurdunni.
    Al-Abadi discusses the "war on terror" with the king of Jordan.
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

  • IPA(key): /baħθ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

بَحْث (baḥṯm (plural بُحُوث (buḥūṯ) or أَبْحَاث (ʔabḥāṯ))

  1. verbal noun of بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa) (form I)
  2. search, quest
  3. examination, study
  4. research
  5. investigation, exploration
  6. discussion
  7. treatise
  8. study, scientific report
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Lishana Deni: בחס (baḥs, regarding, about)
  • Ottoman Turkish: بحث (bahs)
  • Persian: بحث (bahs)
  • Uzbek: bahs

Malay edit

Noun edit

بحث (plural بحث-بحث or بحث۲, informal 1st possessive بحثکو, 2nd possessive بحثمو, 3rd possessive بحثڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of bahas.

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْث (baḥṯ).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? bahs
Dari reading? bahs
Iranian reading? bahs
Tajik reading? bahs

Noun edit

بحث (bahs)

Dari بحث
Iranian Persian
Tajik баҳс
  1. discussion
  2. argument

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ب ح ث
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ba.ħas/, [ˈba.ħas]
  • (file)

Verb edit

بحث (baḥas) I (present ببحث (bibḥas))

  1. to research, to investigate
    Synonym: دوّر (dawwar)

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of بحث (baḥas)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بحثت (baḥast) بحثت (baḥast) بحث (baḥas) بحثنا (baḥasna) بحثتو (baḥastu) بحثو (baḥasu)
f بحثتي (baḥasti) بحثت (baḥsat)
present m ببحث (babḥas) بتبحث (btibḥas) ببحث (bibḥas) منبحث (mnibḥas) بتبحثو (btibḥasu) ببحثو (bibḥasu)
f بتبحثي (btibḥasi) بتبحث (btibḥas)
subjunctive m أبحث (ʔabḥas) تبحث (tibḥas) يبحث (yibḥas) نبحث (nibḥas) تبحثو (tibḥasu) يبحثو (yibḥasu)
f تبحثي (tibḥasi) تبحث (tibḥas)
imperative m ابحث (ibḥas) ابحثو (ibḥasu)
f ابحثي (ibḥasi)

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian بحث (bahs, discussion, argument), from Arabic بَحْث (baḥṯ, quest; examination).

Noun edit

بحث (bahasf (Hindi spelling बहस)

  1. discussion
  2. argument